Shoe



Oct. 20, 1942. F, F, AUDINO 2,299,293

SHOE

Filed May 26, 1941 INVENTOR.

Patented Oct. 20, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to cemented welt shoes.

In the ladies shoe art it is widely recognized as a style feature, that for sport wear or other type of casual dress, the welt shoe is a necessary adjunct to the general scheme of attire. Due to the heavy and inflexible character of regular welt shoes, qualities which are inherent disadvantages of the welt construction with its insole, welt, filler and heavy outsole, many women cannot wear this type of shoe.

It is therefore an object of this invention to construct a shoe which has all the advantages as to comfort, lightness and flexibility of a turn or cemented shoe, and has the sturdy and casual appearance of a welt shoe.

Further, it is an object of this invention to provide a shoe which has the appearance of a welt shoe, but which is manufactured, except for certain preparatory operations, in accordance with the well known cemented shoe processes, or in accordance with other standard methods.

These and other objects of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a cross section of the shoe taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of an outsole, showing certain steps in the preparation thereof.

Figure 4 is a cross section taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3, the rand being removed.

Figure 5 is a cross section of an outsole fully prepared for attachment to the shoe.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the shoe H] has the usual upper heel l2, outsole l3 and insole I4.

The construction of the outsole l3 will now be described in detail. A blank of sole leather suitably rounded to shape is channeled at 5. The sole is then cut and skived to form the feather edge l6 and the bevelled surfaces I! and I8. When the rand is cut away to form the feather edge I 6, a shoulder 9 is formed as shown in Figures 3 and 4.

A rand or imitation welt 20, which extends from the ball line of the sole at one side thereof forwardly around the front to the ball line on the other side, is cemented and then stitched in place by a line of stitches 2| which pass through the said welt and the feather edge I6. This welt or rand 20 may be the piece that is cut away to form the feather edge It and shoulder l9, or preferably a separate strip of regular welt leather which has a grain surface to enhance the appearance of the finished shoe. Also, in accordance with a further embodiment of the present invention the rand 29 need not be cut away, but instead a slight marking or slit is made along the edge of the sole to simulate the presence of a separate welt strip, and the line of stitches 2| are sewed from the top of the sole to the channel l5. Thus the said marking or slit, when viewed from the edge of the sole will give the illusion that a welt has been used, and this effect is made realistic by the presence of the stitches 2|.

The shoe is prepared for reception of the outsole in the following manner:

Any suitable insole, such as is used in the making of cemented shoes for example, is attached to the bottom of a last; the upper lasted thereto, and the lasting allowance skived down to provide the surface to which the outsole is to be cemented. The outsole prepared as described above, is now cemented to the shoe in accordance with this well known practice in the cemented shoe art.

If it is desirable, the outsole may be attached by the well known McKay stitching, in which case the channel I5 is cut deep enough to permit the sewing operation.

The usual heeling, trimming and finishing operations are then carried out to complete the shoe.

It will thus be seen that under the teachings of this invention, a shoe is provided which has the appearance of a welt shoe. The rand or imitation welt 20 and the line stitches 2| show up like the welt and stitches of a regular welt shoe, while the outsole is actually joined to the insole and upper purely in accordance with the cemented shoe method. It will be understood that this invention is not limited to any specific method of attaching the outsole. Any of the methods now known in the art may be employed without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention, which is not to be limited except as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent:

In a shoe having an upper and a leather outsole cemented directly to said upper, said outsole having a cut out portion running forwardly along the edge of the upper surface thereof from the ball line on one side to the ball line on the other side, the inner edge of said out out portion lying externally of said upper, a rand mounted in said out out portion filling the same and positioned entirely externally of said upper, the top surface of said rand lying flush with the top surface of said outsole, a channel cut in the edge of said outsole below the upper surface of said out out portion, and a line of stitches passing through said rand and that portion of the outsole which lies between the rand and said channel, whereby to hold said rand in place.

RANK F. AUDINO. 

